{{short description|Type of emotional and behavioral disorder}} An '''internalizing disorder''' (or '''internalising disorder''') is one type of emotional and behavioral disorder, along with externalizing disorders, and lower incidence disorders.<ref name=Smith>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=D.D.|title=Emotional or Behavioral Disorders Defined|url=http://www.education.com/reference/article/emotional-behavioral-disorders-defined/|work=education.com|accessdate=17 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331104522/https://www.education.com/reference/article/emotional-behavioral-disorders-defined/|archive-date=31 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> People who have an internalizing disorder will keep their problems to themselves, or internalize the problems.
== Signs and symptoms == Behaviors that are apparent in those with internalizing disorders include depression, withdrawal, anxiety, and loneliness.<ref name=Smith/> There are also behavioral characteristics involved with internalizing disorders. Some behavioral abnormalities include poor self-esteem, suicidal behaviors, decreased academic progress, and social withdrawal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Internalizing Symptoms and Affect of Children with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders|url=http://www.studymode.com/essays/Internalizing-Symptoms-And-Affect-Of-Children-866577.html|work=studymode.com|accessdate=17 March 2014}}</ref> Internalizing one's problems, like sadness, can cause the problems to grow into larger burdens such as social withdrawal, suicidal behaviors or thoughts, and other unexplained physical symptoms.<ref>{{cite web|last=DiMaria|first=Lauren|title=Internalizing Behaviors and Depression|url=http://depression.about.com/od/depressionsymptoms/a/internalizing-behaviors.htm|work=about.com|accessdate=17 March 2014|archive-date=6 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906163507/http://depression.about.com/od/depressionsymptoms/a/internalizing-behaviors.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==DSM-5== The internalizing disorders, with high levels of negative affectivity, include depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, trauma and stressor-related disorders, and dissociative disorders,<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Regier|first1=Darrel A.|last2=Kuhl|first2=Emily A.|last3=Kupfer|first3=David J.|title=The DSM-5: Classification and criteria changes|journal=World Psychiatry|date=June 2013|volume=12|issue=2|pages=92–98|doi=10.1002/wps.20050|pmc=3683251|pmid=23737408}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Turygin|first1=Nicole C.|last2=Matson|first2=Johnny L.|last3=Adams|first3=Hilary|last4=Belva|first4=Brian|title=The effect of DSM-5 criteria on externalizing, internalizing, behavioral and adaptive symptoms in children diagnosed with autism|journal=Developmental Neurorehabilitation|date=August 2013|volume=16|issue=4|pages=277–282|doi=10.3109/17518423.2013.769281|pmid=23617257}}</ref> bulimia, and anorexia come under this category,<ref name=Smith/> as do dysthymia, and somatic disorders (in Huberty 2017) and posttraumatic stress disorder (in Huberty 2004).
== Treatment == Some treatments for internalizing disorders include antidepressants, electroconvulsive therapy, and psychotherapy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Depression|url=http://www.helpguide.org/mental/depression_signs_types_diagnosis_treatment.htm|work=helpguide.org|accessdate=17 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314143419/http://www.helpguide.org/mental/depression_signs_types_diagnosis_treatment.htm|archive-date=14 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== See also == * Deceit * Eating Disorders * Illegal drug abuse * Inner critic * Internalized oppression * Obsessive-compulsive disorders * Scrupulosity * Somatization
== References == {{reflist}}
==Source== * {{cite book |last1=Huberty |first1=Thomas J. |title=Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology |chapter=Students with Emotional and Behavioral Problems |date=2017 |doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-809324-5.05547-4 |isbn=978-0-12-809324-5 }}
== External links == * [https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/depression Depression] at National Institute of Mental Health website
Category:Types of mental disorders